Forgotten Forest

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Forgotten Forest

Forgotten Forest by Seifer-sama

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The Haku and Zabuza Tribute!!!! The picture is now finished and posted! Hooray!!! It's about bloody time. I have been working on this for a couple of months now. (Actually I started it a year ago and then redrew it.... Ahem) Anyway...

I really wanted to take my time with this one, focusing on making the forest look as real as possible (I know it still looks cartoony... but that's my style. :P) I also really wanted to make Haku and Zabuza actually look fairly close to their anime selves... (I used a couple manga pictures as references to make sure I had their expressions right. ^ ^)

Spoiler:

I think my idea on this was that they were sitting peacefully together right before they died... calm before the storm. Then while working on it though, I thought it would also work as an after death scene too. They made it to heaven together and are happy. *sniffles* Okay enough of that. ^ ^

End spoiler!

Favorite part: Hm... the color of Haku's shirt. I think it came out really nice... Considering the fact that I had to mix my dark greens and all of my aqua colors to get it that color. I hope it's close to being right. ^^;

Most difficult part: That would have to be the shadows... I have never done something like that before and it was a real challenge... However, now that I have given it a shot I might like to try it again... Maybe it will turn out even better.

Well that's about all I have to say. I hope you enjoy it. ^^

General Info

Ratings

★

Category Anime/Manga » Naruto series » Characters & Fanart » Zabuza, Haku
Date Submitted October 16, 2006, 4:04:45 PM
Views 7108
Favorites... 128
Vote Score 24

Comments 85
Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 20 to 30 hours
Reference Nope none

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SacredWolf on August 8, 2015, 11:22:08 PM

Wow this is beautiful. I really like their expressions especially Haku's peacefulness. Just beautiful. And I really love the sunlight filtering in throught the trees! I find it difficult to do that and you color everything so beautifully! The shadows and the log just everything is gorgeous. ^_^

ageshero on April 7, 2008, 3:44:00 AM

honestly i like the style, hate the anime. it stinks, the story isnt bad, its just terribly anoying to watch 2 year old children ramble on about how cool gara is. and everyone else agrees with them........no not me.

i say, NAY for the time of naruto will end soon, as with all trendy animes.... whats the next one?

it has yet for thoust to be seen'ith.

did you here about the kid the died trying to bury himself in sand? he was trying to be a fictional cartoon character

RickAstley on May 13, 2009, 7:28:51 PM

LMAO so true

garaworshiper on July 31, 2008, 4:35:48 PM

go 2 hell, gaara kicks @$$

Kooldude on February 24, 2009, 11:08:50 AM

So awsome!! I love this pic!!! You deserve that Star!!!

kngfoo2200 on November 10, 2008, 12:40:54 PM

too amazing to put into words

james13 on October 17, 2008, 7:51:32 PM

niicee

Solareclipse on August 31, 2008, 11:55:33 AM

Absolutely amazing!
*Faves*

OrochimarusGal on July 6, 2008, 11:27:20 AM

Well, ageshero, NARUTO is a hit anime series and manga series here and in japan, if you don't like it then Shut up about it. This is a wonderfully drawn picture of Haku and Zabuza. It was so sad when they died.

nothingempire on May 18, 2008, 3:22:54 PM

uuuhuuu!!!!!!!!!!!! i would never draw a forest......too hard, and yours looks sooo perfect!!!!!*fav*

PhantomDoll13 on May 15, 2008, 3:46:34 AM

wow...u did such a good job on the coloring and shading...*favs*

inuyasha43 on March 31, 2008, 11:09:19 PM

MIST FTW!!
Amazing job!

xWingx on January 11, 2008, 5:59:11 AM

wow this is amazing!! how long did it take you? the lighting, colour and everything is sooo sugio!!!!!

Chikacookie on December 3, 2007, 6:45:14 AM

Yay Haku, it looks so awesome!:D

onlyaloneuntillucame on October 27, 2007, 9:29:04 AM

!! MM i love IT!!!! HAKU!!! *GLOMPS**FAVES*

Hotarubi on October 18, 2007, 3:30:38 AM

Nice title you gave for your drawing. ^_^ I love it!

maximumrideiggy on October 9, 2007, 7:10:08 AM

(sream) Zabuaz, Haku!!!!!! My favs! favs favs favs!

AnimeCheeka on October 5, 2007, 4:14:10 AM

That is so beautiful! I love how you did the sun rays...it makes the scene so....peacful

KrazyPerson on August 28, 2007, 12:11:55 AM

AWSOME!!!

Oni-chan on August 11, 2007, 1:28:42 AM

so pretty....you're even more amazing than i remember! ^__^

luckylace222 on August 7, 2007, 3:15:57 AM

D: YOU'RE LIGHTING EFFECTS WITH THE COLOR ARE SO AWESOME!!!!

BgirlFlexi on August 3, 2007, 3:35:42 PM

OMG you are the best with colored pencils! You are the god of shadowing and lighting, YOU ARE AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!11111

blackpaintbucket on June 22, 2007, 5:28:38 PM

Oh that's really nice, the surroundings made me stare at your picture even more, you did a great job.. and don't you just love the couple on the picture ;-) ? *favs artist*

FallenAngel0792 on May 21, 2007, 10:19:57 AM

Beautiful!!!

Lex on April 11, 2007, 1:24:04 AM

wow. very awesome

animefan101 on April 1, 2007, 5:15:32 AM

Awesome.

DrakeGirlandLuna on March 24, 2007, 11:20:20 AM

Zabuza and Haku! I have a LONG way to go if I wanna be as good as you. But then again, everyone's style of art is special in it's own way ^_^

seto-da-feline on March 20, 2007, 9:49:36 AM

That's incredible O.O *faves*

ZaneDragon102 on February 15, 2007, 10:27:08 AM

OMG!!!YOU ARE THE GOD OF COLORED PENCILS!!I HOPE YOU GET ARTIST OF THE MONTH!!!

MountainLilly on January 31, 2007, 10:11:50 AM

stellar pic - you have talent ^___^ I only wonder how quickly you go through colored pencils.....

rikusgirl55 on January 31, 2007, 7:29:13 AM

wow its so beautiful I love it they shoud never of died they were 2 0f my fav characters T_T *favs*

AriaGunnir on January 28, 2007, 11:28:44 AM

*drops in a dead faint*

*comes to* Oh, wow, this is a terrific gallery. Girl, you are awesome. I've got very little to say because this is done so well. Excellent use of perspective - the shafts of light draw the eye back further into the picture, and in the foreground of course they guide your eye straight to the subjects of the picture... I love the peaceful forest scene that seems to contrast to the busy activity going on in the foreground; the girl looks worried or preoccupied and the fellow looks like he is concentrating on an important task Just wondered if the two highest-up shafts of light should have stopped at the figure or if they should have continued: it looks to me like they are too far into the foreground to be hit by those, and perhaps they could be continuing in the background. Other than that tiny detail, it's terrific: *faves*

LoveWrathChan on January 26, 2007, 9:44:59 PM

...beautiful! O.O

Moonlightelf on January 16, 2007, 8:36:00 PM

This is very beautiful artwork and i love those rays of light. How on earth you get these ideas...?

Barney--TheAnti-Christ on January 13, 2007, 11:18:09 PM

This is gorgeous. I love Zabuza's expression.. to me it kinda looks like a mixture between sadness and peace of mind. Great combination. I'm not really a fan of Haku, but he is drawn very nicely too. The aqua color shirt is very pretty. And of course, all the SHADING in the whole is brilliant! It really looks like you spent a lot of time on this picture. Certainly worth the wait I must say...
This inspires me to do a Zabuza tribute or something.

IloveTyLee on January 8, 2007, 8:10:00 AM

this really touches me i feel like there is every place to be that can be your sanctuarie

SalemRat78 on January 2, 2007, 4:50:28 AM

very very very very prettyfull!!!!!!!

Ayame-Sama3X4 on January 1, 2007, 2:57:47 AM

Oh wow. This is just too amazing! You did both of them justice :D

IloveTyLee on December 20, 2006, 12:04:53 PM

u are really good keep it up =}

sflower250 on December 16, 2006, 10:55:12 AM

seifer-sama, i lurve you!!! XD this pic is beautiful! it's soooo, REAL! haku's so cute sitting down on a stump! zabuza looks awesome! i've always wanted hair like haku's XD buuut that's just a dream :P poor me, lol. oh, wow i'm almost writing an auto-biography as a coment...i'd better stop now, anyhoo FAVE ARTIST! & PIC (can't forget the pic!) oh, (sorry have to say more u.u") how can you use crayons to make the drawing so unbelievable i mean when i use crayons it looks sooooo...uuuh...well the opposite of your pic! (whatever XD) i mean seeing the light reflect so gracefully onto zabuza's sword (thingy, lol) makes you feel like you're there in the forest (well forgotten forest as your title says) well to sum all this up...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! kay!!

~sflower

Imp24 on December 10, 2006, 9:24:18 PM

Wow, it really consumed a lot of your crayons, doesn't it?

HanyouHeart on November 30, 2006, 11:28:33 AM

beautiful!

SoraYamato on November 29, 2006, 2:46:35 PM

Wow. I'm speechless at your brilliance.
**bows to the master**

ShamanQueen1101 on November 18, 2006, 7:03:18 AM

The coloring is sooo amazing!

marie_loves_pink on November 10, 2006, 12:37:03 AM

its sooo beautiful! *favs*

alchan on November 6, 2006, 8:33:39 AM

how do you do this with colored pencils??? i envy your awesome skill!!:D

teama on October 29, 2006, 11:34:39 AM

absolutely friggin' awesome!!!faves

katara719 on October 29, 2006, 5:10:38 AM

i don't realy like naruto, but i wuv this picture!
~katara

Ollie_is_da_bomb on October 26, 2006, 11:32:05 AM

*favs* Wow! My mouth literally dropped when I saw this!!! Amazing job!! ^__^ This was definitely worth 20-30 hrs, right? XD LOL The details in this picture are unbelievable, your hard work really payed off! The shading too, is really amazing ^_^ And I luv how you made the light shining down :) Keep it up!

OIDB

InsanelyLoopyChild on October 24, 2006, 7:57:12 AM

O.O damn that's good! *faves*

sesshy4189 on October 22, 2006, 5:27:58 AM

o_0 OMG..........thats F@%&;ing amazing! the lighting, the trees, Haku and Zabuza......*bows* you are god!

FallenAngel0792 on October 21, 2006, 1:16:58 PM

This is wonderful! Beautiful! Fantastic! XD

niobe on October 21, 2006, 1:08:14 PM

Awesome! I love it! I think that Haku and Zabuza are a cute couple...if of course...well, you get it ^^ I haven't seen any episodes with these characters, and my friend had the Naruto game...I kept calling Haku a "she"...it was funny when my friend got mad at me...^^ Anyway...I like the background...amazing (I need to expand my vocabulary...)

^.~ Niobe

nadhirah18323 on October 18, 2006, 6:38:34 PM

Cool! Faves ! xD

WhooGo_Sanji on October 18, 2006, 12:02:30 PM

ONCE AGAIN! I am amazed with your work, Seifer-Sama O_o
And I don't think anything came out bad at all :D IT LOOKS PERFECT!!!

Goooooo Haku and Zabuza! :3

Aqua1 on October 18, 2006, 11:13:08 AM

O.O Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bakagami on October 18, 2006, 11:06:59 AM

awsome as always

Wifeofnaraku on October 18, 2006, 10:00:05 AM

Holy hell you did nice! :D And you use coloured pencils for this?!?!?!?!?!?! *ahem* I've been wanting to ask you this but everytime you use them...do you use them all up and you have to buy a new pack after every picture? Or not? XD yeah I know stupid question but I'm just wondering...

BlueAngel7 on October 18, 2006, 8:40:12 AM

*mouth drops open* that's one hell of a fantastic picture. you've managed to get some brilliant effects with colouring pencils. dammit, wish i could do that...*runs off into corner to horde colouring pencils*

LionessRampant1090 on October 17, 2006, 11:00:20 AM

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

AnimeDarin on October 17, 2006, 10:17:44 AM

Another beautiful Naruto picture! This one is very well done, & very well detailed! I think it was worth those two months. :)

Inuyashasbabygirl on October 17, 2006, 10:05:20 AM

holy crap its freakin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Koolkat6968 on October 17, 2006, 7:58:23 AM

that's beautiful and you did it in crayoloa pencil even more amazing you have a great talent

Nintendownz on October 17, 2006, 6:30:08 AM

holy crap, thats awsome!

Nimrodel on October 17, 2006, 4:03:58 AM

It´s perfect!!!! Awesome!!!!
You are the best artist in this site, Seifer!

shiny_angel on October 17, 2006, 12:09:55 AM

Wow.. this is so well done! i can't beliebe how good you are at coloring your pictures!
i love the sunlight coming through the forest..^_^
So peaceful.. good job, keep it up!

UndeadDragoness on October 16, 2006, 9:33:54 PM

that is awesome, what kind of color pencils do you use?

_Shadowfax_ on October 16, 2006, 8:57:25 PM

Amazing, I love it :D

I really love how you did Haku's expression, he looks really calm and serene.

Almost cried during the death scene.

ALMOST.

*faves*
Shadow
x

herio907 on October 16, 2006, 8:17:02 PM

awsome! I love it!

Playstationfreak on October 16, 2006, 5:46:17 PM

wowies! that's amazing! the colours are awesome!

Sora121 on October 16, 2006, 1:19:05 PM

Oh my lord. now thats a good picture. you really out did yourself. i love it. *faves*

taurus92 on October 16, 2006, 12:55:03 PM

that's amazing! and u did it in pencil!? *faints* o.O u r one heck of an artist! -^^- hehe me lub it! *faves a bunch* nice job!

mikita_inugirl on October 16, 2006, 12:05:07 PM

Nice job indeed. ^__^ Zabuza looks so dark... O_O

Pabbit_da_Rabbit on October 16, 2006, 11:38:13 AM

The details are amazing. Your backgrounds are stunningly detailed and realistic. I love the composition of the stark contrast from light to darkness. It's so pretty!

AeroChica on October 16, 2006, 10:31:59 AM

I love this...The colours are so bold. Awesome! ;)

Rinkuchan on October 16, 2006, 10:28:36 AM

woooooowww amazing!!! great job!! *_* favs*

SecretSilentAngel on October 16, 2006, 9:55:40 AM

you did that with colored pencil??? ROCK ON

Dasher on October 16, 2006, 9:49:28 AM

Very nice. Glad to see that you are back in the swing of things.

Sasuke395 on October 16, 2006, 9:30:40 AM

holy #@!$%&;*#&@$#@#@$$ thats awsoeme!!! needs 2 b a fav so it is one of my *FAVES*

kchen on October 16, 2006, 9:24:17 AM

Awesome pic *favs*

Wilya on October 16, 2006, 9:16:18 AM

omfg don't tell me you draw it with pencil!!!!!!!!! it's amazing i just ...*fall of her chair*

RedPaint on October 16, 2006, 9:14:58 AM

That background looks so realistic!! And I like Haku's shirt color, too. It's such a calm and relaxing place.

And honestly, how on earth do you manage to color a picture like that with only colored pencils? Tis amazing..
*faves this*

Kiotana on October 16, 2006, 9:14:49 AM

Nya! I miss those two!

FX_Dragon on October 16, 2006, 9:07:15 AM

Wow nice illustation! It looks so real! *Favs* *_*